May 24, 2007 / Front Page

Southwest Alabama Medical Center brought home some new hardware earlier this month. The hospital won three awards for quality from an awards banquet sponsored by the Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation. More...

The Clarke County Commission approved a bid for a NRCS emergency watershed protection project on the Evergreen Road Monday morning. Burnett Civil Contracting from Montgomery was the low bidder with $548,344.00. More...

PHOTOS BY ARTHUR MCLEAN Above: Robbie and Mark Norman cut the ribbon opening the Super Foods grocery store in Thomasville Wednesday taking the place of the former Southern Family Markets store that closed last year. More...

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The feeding frenzy has started with the ThyssenKrupp stell mill announcement. The speculating in Washington County is about to begin in full force. Land prices there have probably tripled overnight. More...

The speculation on Goat Hill about Sen. Bradley Byrne's motives began thirty seconds after Gov. Bob Riley announced Byrne had agreed to become chancellor of the state's two-year college system. More...

Paul Daily demonstrates breaking a horse in the round pen and relate it to man's life lessons with Jesus Christ in Thomasville Monday night. About 200 people attended the event sponsored by the Clarke Baptist Association. More...

Homecoming to be held at United Methodist Church in Lower Peachtree Homecoming will be May 27 at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Lower Peachtree. An informal time and dinner on the grounds will follow the worship service. More...

This morning Rev. John, one of his students from the Northern Ghana Baptist Seminary, and I worshiped in the village of Moglaa, with Rev. Peter, the pastor, and the members of the Moglaa Baptist Church. Peggy was not feeling well. More...

The Thomasville Tigers ended their spring football practice this past Friday, May 18, when they defeated the Southern Choctaw Indians 13 0 in both the varsity and junior varsity portions of the spring game for the two teams. More...

The Louisiana Pacific Corp.'s oriented strand board (OSB) plant in Clarke County remains on schedule for startup in late 2007 despite a dispute with at least one contractor. RWS Construction, Inc. More...

One aspect of blood drive coordination that is as important as the life-saving mission of the American Red Cross is the closely knit relationships that develop between those engaged in saving lives through blood donation. More...

Brad Larrimore has been named vice president and mill manager of Weyerhaeuser Company's Pine Hill containerboard operation. Larrimore is a veteran papermaker and manager who has worked at the Pine Hill operation for 31 years. More...

Civil War Letters the subject of Historical Society Meeting The Clarke County Historical Society will meet on May 27, at 2:30 p.m. at the Grove Hill Town Hall. The speaker for the meeting will be Mrs. More...

Those who care about trees will find advice on pruning and related topics in The National Arbor Day Foundation's free booklet, "How To Prune Young Shade Trees." From pruning in the early years of a tree's life, to learning how to strengthen trees b More...

Edith Ruffin with the Pine Hill Food Bank oversees a clothing giveaway at Pine Hill City Hall Wednesday morning. The food bank has had a handful of clothing donations since its opening less than a year ago. More...

Sally White, a 7th grade student at Thomasville Middle School, has been accepted into the People to People Student Ambassador Program, an educational travel program founded by Dwight D. Eisenhower. More...

Thomasville students earned more than $750,000 in scholarships from colleges and local civic organizations this year. It marks one of the largest scholarship hauls in school history, school officials said. More...

Marguerite C. Barlow Marguerite C. Barlow, age 93, of Butler, passed away Friday, May 18, 2007 at Camden Nursing Facility in Camden. She was born July 16, 1913 in Morvin. She was a former garment inspector with H. S. Satin Company. More...

Arrests booked through the Clarke County Jail include: Stanford Lageorge Adams, failure to appear on unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, arrested by the Clarke County Sheriff's Dept. More...